Patrick, It's usually not a good idea to screw around with lips on lures, even if your a sharpie and just bending the metal on a Dani style plug. Steve Papows mentioned it in his seminar this weekend. If you grind down a 7" Gags your going to change how it was meant to wobble. I have some 7" but mostly use the 5" for schoolie fishing. I really like the looks of the Mega Bait swimmers and bought some from Mike T at the show ( Ha, Ha GS
) They are about 1.5 oz which would be fine for your rod. They usually weight them a little low and you should really be able to chuck it. The Yo-Zuri Tobimaru is also a nice small swimmer. They have some falsh ( real good for catching fisherman ) and are right around 1oz. That was my favorite last year and the year before but I feel these Megas will be tough to beat. Don't overlook the stand-bys for colors and a little thinner shape like Bombers and Rebels. The 1 oz 7" Rebel floater is a grea plug, one of your favorite authors favorites. Get a few of each, size difference is good so you have a little of each, if you don't have the duckets to have it all
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Dave B
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